Christian Vogel is the new European sales director at Gramicci, the American brand of outdoor clothing, after holding a similar position at Easton-Bell Sports. Vogel will be working out of the company’s new European office based in Munich to expand the brand’s sales across the continent. He will be looking for new distributors and licensees, and will report directly to Marty Weening, president of the American outdoor group. The brand, which remade its image two years ago, is looking to expand into a younger segment of the outdoor market. To this end it has hired Natalie Sichko, 26, and Michelle Yi, 24, to join the group’s design team in California. Sichko, a snowboarder and running adept, worked for two years at Perry Ellis International. Yi, a professional climber, is fresh from college and has starred in the sporty Survivor TV show.